--- title: Window.navigator slug: Web/API/Window/navigator translation_of: Web/API/Window/navigator ---
The Window.navigator read-only property returns a reference to the {{domxref("Navigator")}} object, which can be queried for information about the application running the script.
navigatorObject = window.navigator
var sBrowser, sUsrAg = navigator.userAgent;
if(sUsrAg.indexOf("Chrome") > -1) {
sBrowser = "Google Chrome";
} else if (sUsrAg.indexOf("Safari") > -1) {
sBrowser = "Apple Safari";
} else if (sUsrAg.indexOf("Opera") > -1) {
sBrowser = "Opera";
} else if (sUsrAg.indexOf("Firefox") > -1) {
sBrowser = "Mozilla Firefox";
} else if (sUsrAg.indexOf("MSIE") > -1) {
sBrowser = "Microsoft Internet Explorer";
}
alert("You are using: " + sBrowser);
function getBrowserId () {
var
aKeys = ["MSIE", "Firefox", "Safari", "Chrome", "Opera"],
sUsrAg = navigator.userAgent, nIdx = aKeys.length - 1;
for (nIdx; nIdx > -1 && sUsrAg.indexOf(aKeys[nIdx]) === -1; nIdx--);
return nIdx
}
console.log(getBrowserId());